Lucy Mae Rix Collection

Collection

Identifier: UAC/25/2023.a014

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

This collection is composed of Lucy Mae Rix's teaching certificates from Sam Houston Normal Institue, her SHNI Transcipt of Record, and photographs of her elementary classes and Delta Kappa Gamma society members.

Dates

Creation: 1915 - 1918

Conditions Governing Use

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Biographical / Historical

Lucy Mae Rix was born on November 7, 1900, to Frank Nesbit Rix and Mary Amanda Huckaby.

She attended Sam Houston Normal Institute from 1915 - 1918, receiving six certificates focusing on first and second-grade instruction. On August 12, 1918, Rix received her Teachers Permanent Certificate for the State of Texas. Rix taught elementary in Brenham and Austin, Texas.

Lucy Mae Rix was 95 when she died on March 30, 1995. She is buried in Oakwood Cemetery, Huntsville, Texas. She was a member of the Delta Kappa Gamma Society for women educators.